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>> SARAH NEWMAN: Hi my name is Sarah and I'm currently
doing research in the field of
computational chemistry here at Iona.
I work hand-in-hand with Dr. Varner, a
professor in the chemistry department to
study the anti-cancer drug Cisplatin and
its analogs on a molecular scale. We are
currently looking at misfit and analogs of
Cisplatin due to the promising anti-cancer
properties. I have modeled a new misfit analogue of
Cisplatin with a long variable length
tail for the first equation step and
determined that the tail has no effect
on the energetics of the reaction. Last
week, I was able to go to South Carolina
to the Mercury Conference to present my
findings. I would like to thank Dr.
Varner, the Iona College honors program
and the American Express grants whose
support and resources made this all
possible.